"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."

Daniel Dennett: Consciousness Explained.It's not quite as concise as it could be, and it's from 1992, so it's probably not exactly on the cutting edge. Basically it tries to provide an outline of what a materialistic theory of consciousness would be. I found it quite enlightening.

Read one of the Culture novels. These books' vivid depiction of "The Culture" as a completely voluntary utopia is what made me an anarchist. The writing and plots are perfect, too. No book has affected my view on life as much as these books have.

Read one of the Culture novels. These books' vivid depiction of "The Culture" as a completely voluntary utopia is what made me an anarchist. The writing and plots are perfect, too. No book has affected my view on life as much as these books have.

Incidentally, the Culture is essentially a free Communist society, enabled by practically limitless resources. I guess at that level of technology the question of wealth distribution becomes rather irrelevant.

Incidentally, the Culture is essentially a free Communist society, enabled by practically limitless resources. I guess at that level of technology the question of wealth distribution becomes rather irrelevant.

The emphasis on individualism makes me think it's closer to anarcho-capitalism than anarcho-communism. Maybe there's no difference in a post-scarcity environment, though.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Atlas Shrugged yet, even though that's not quite what he is asking for.

Alongside Night (The defining agorist novel)

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Cryptocromicon & the Baroque Cycle Trilogy, in that order.

Basicly anything by David Brin, but in particular Glory Season and Infinity's Shore of the Uplift Series

Fountains of Paradise

All of these are fiction that illustrate one or more libertarian concepts in some fashion. In the first three, such concepts are central to the plot; in the rest they are incidental.

"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."

Walker Percy. The Last Gentleman is an incredible novel - philosophical, dramatic and wryly humorous in all sorts of subtle ways. The Message in the Bottle is a collection of very interesting essays on the philosophy of language. Unfortunately those are the only two I've read.

Economics in One Lesson - Henry Hazlitt. An introduction to economics to show how many policies and situations can have vastly different effects than what most people expect.

Defending the Undefendable - Walter Block. Goes through chapter by chapter defending the practices of many people who are shunned and outlawed who, he argues, actually have a good effect on society, or at least don't hurt anyone. Some examples include prostitutes, drug-dealers and employers of child labour.

Human Action - Ludwig Von Mises. Perhaps the most important book ever written on Austrian economics. Presents Mises' full theory of human action and decisions from the ground up, and detailed explanations of implications. Very technical but doesn't depend on prior knowledge to understand it. Highly recommended if you have the time to invest.

I would like to recommend a book to you:Alongside Night written by J. Neil Schulman this is a fictional work which deals very much with agorism and revolutionary contra-economics. I'm not very good desciribing books but here's som of what wikipedia has to say about it:

Alongside Night[1] is a Prometheus Award winning libertarian and anarchist dystopian novel by science fiction writer J. Neil Schulman. It was first published in 1979 by Crown Publishers, with subsequent paperback editions released by Ace Books in 1982, Avon Books in 1987, Pulpless.com in 1999, and Amazon Kindle in 2009. The book focuses on the character of Elliot, the son of a fictional economist and Nobel Laureate, and his experiences in a police state United States in the near future. The book was dedicated to Samuel Edward Konkin III and is based on his political philosophy of agorism. It is currently in development for a feature film by Jesulu Productions, which produced Schulman's first feature, Lady Magdalene's.